Lyall's wren

E667858

bird species extinct species

Lyall's wren is an extinct, flightless New Zealand songbird once endemic to Stephens Island, historically noted for its rapid disappearance after European settlement.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Stephens Island wren	1
bush wren	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bird species ⓘ extinct species ⓘ
binomialName	Traversia lyalli NERFINISHED ⓘ
bodySize	very small ⓘ
class	Aves NERFINISHED ⓘ
commonName	Lyall's wren NERFINISHED ⓘ New Zealand wren NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephens Island wren NERFINISHED ⓘ
conservationStatus	Extinct ⓘ
country	New Zealand ⓘ
describedBy	Walter Lawry Buller NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedYear	1894 ⓘ
distributionBeforeExtinction	restricted to Stephens Island ⓘ
endemicTo	New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephens Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
eponym	David Lyall NERFINISHED ⓘ
extinctionCause	habitat disturbance following European settlement ⓘ predation by introduced cats ⓘ
extinctionEra	late 19th century ⓘ
extinctionSymbolism	example of island endemics’ vulnerability to introduced predators ⓘ
family	Acanthisittidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
flightCapability	flightless ⓘ
foragingStratum	ground-dwelling ⓘ
genus	Traversia NERFINISHED ⓘ
habitat	dense low vegetation ⓘ forest floor microhabitats ⓘ rocky slopes ⓘ
holotypeCollector	David Lyall NERFINISHED ⓘ
isPartOf	New Zealand wren lineage (Acanthisittidae) ⓘ
iucnStatus	EX ⓘ
kingdom	Animalia ⓘ
knownFrom	historical accounts ⓘ museum specimens ⓘ
lastKnownLocation	Stephens Island lighthouse area NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeRange	Stephens Island, Cook Strait, New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	one of the few known flightless passerines ⓘ rapid extinction after European settlement ⓘ
order	Passeriformes ⓘ
phylum	Chordata ⓘ
primaryDiet	invertebrates ⓘ
relatedTo	rifleman (Acanthisitta chloris) NERFINISHED ⓘ
taxonRank	species ⓘ
vocalizationType	songbird-like calls ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Traversia lyalli → commonName → Lyall's wren ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stephens Island wren

Xenicus longipes → commonName → Lyall's wren ⓘ

this entity surface form: bush wren